<![CDATA[WeeklyBeats.com - Audio Quality]]> https://weeklybeats.com/forums/topic/5468/audio-quality/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:16:30 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Audio Quality]]> https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82853/#p82853 Phil Harmonic says:

hmm. so it sounds more muffled when dithered? that doesnt make sense.

]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:16:30 +0000 https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82853/#p82853 <![CDATA[Re: Audio Quality]]> https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82852/#p82852 Paul Wright says:

fyi audiophiles...

i cant find much literature on browser specs unfortunately but a little experiment i did...

* decode rate of mp3 is 44khz/16bit
* soundcard (WDM mixer output device) set to 44khz/16bit - normally i would output to ASIO device for uber quality
* foobar2000 player output set to 44khz/16bit
* i assume browser follows windows system/WDM mixer bitrates

so all things being equal...

there is an option in foobar to 'dither audio' when i have that off (as i would prefer things, native digital bit-for-bit reproduction) foobar sounds 'crisper' in the top end.

when i turn it on however, it sounds practically the same as the browser - so at this stage (with my subjective testing) i am assuming the browser is dithering the output audio.

question answered?   TBC...

]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:03:32 +0000 https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82852/#p82852 <![CDATA[Re: Audio Quality]]> https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82773/#p82773 george bowles says:

oh whoops

]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:47:55 +0000 https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82773/#p82773 <![CDATA[Re: Audio Quality]]> https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82760/#p82760 Trash80 says:

The files used in the playback are the exact ones you upload. if you are using something like itunes to preview a track be aware that programs like that have a "sound enhancer" option that is checked by default.

]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:02:00 +0000 https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82760/#p82760 <![CDATA[Re: Audio Quality]]> https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82759/#p82759 george bowles says:

streaming audio sounds like crap... reason why I don't like stuff like spotify, etc

]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:38:06 +0000 https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82759/#p82759 <![CDATA[Re: Audio Quality]]> https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82736/#p82736 Pocaille says:

Maybe the Itunes "soundcheck"?

]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:06:13 +0000 https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82736/#p82736 <![CDATA[Re: Audio Quality]]> https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82735/#p82735 fc says:

I'm under the impression that whatever you upload is whatever gets streamed, the limit is filesize rather than duration or bitrate. The only thing I can think of the explains the phenomenon is that if you play the mp3 in your media player (Winamp, iTunes, Media Player, etc) there is LIKELY to be some EQ colouring performed by the software, which isn't happening with the streaming version.

]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:44:43 +0000 https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82735/#p82735 <![CDATA[Re: Audio Quality]]> https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82729/#p82729 Judgement Act says:

I imagine it makes them 128kbs, but I dunno really. tongue

]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:21:15 +0000 https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82729/#p82729 <![CDATA[Audio Quality]]> https://weeklybeats.com/forums/post/82714/#p82714 Paul Wright says:

so I've noticed that the quality of mp3's played natively on my PC vs through the browser (I've tested ie, ff, chrome) always seems diminished through the browser.

so much so - that upon hearing them through the browser after uploading to weeklybeats i've oft been inclined to remove, remaster and reupload them so they sound better (maybe a good thing)

can anyone comment on the loss of audio quality?

does wb.com transcode after upload? is it a browser format thing?

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